A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. Exact location, longitude 142.0079° East, latitude 41.3853° North, depth = 55.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.02 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:42:42 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 21:42:42 / September 17, 2015 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kyb. Id of event: us20003kyb.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misawa, Mutsu (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Mutsu (c. 49 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Misawa (c. 42 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km E of Mutsu, Japan.
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